Weather-strip and guide for windows.



No. 694,062. Patented Feb. 25, i902. H. E. KENNY. WEATHER STRIP ANRGUIDE FUR WINDOWS.

(Appuction sied my 4. 1901.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES' PATENT OFFICE. v

HUGH E. KENNY, OE DETROIT, MICHIGAN, AssIGNORTdTHE CHAMBERLAIN METALWEATHER sTRIPUCOMPANY, OE DETROIT, MICHIGAN, .A CORPO- RATIONOEMICHIGAN. s

WEATHER-STRIP AND GUIDE FOR WINDOWS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 694,062, dated February25, 1902.

Appncanon nea May 4. 1901. serial No'. 58.720. er@ man.)

To au whom t may concern: Y wardly-inclined sides which gradually mergeBe it known that I, HUGH E. KENNY, a citiinto the bead; or, ifpreferred, the rib may zen of the United States, residing at Detroit, beformed with parallel or approximately parin the county of Wayne andState of Michiallelsides and the bead or enlargement along 5o 5 gan,have invented or discovered certain new Aits outer edge may be madecircular or anguand useful Improvements in feather-Strips lar incross-section. The groove 4 in the sash` and Guides for Windows, ofwhich improveis `made of such a Width and depth that the ments thefollowing is ,a specification. rib will not bear against or contact withthe The invention described herein relates to Walls of the groove exceptat the bottom there- 5 5 n n certainimprovements in'Weather-strips ofthe of or the portions of the side Walls closely adclass or kind inwhich a thin bead or rib of jacent to the apex of the bead. As the sidesmetal is secured to the window-frame andl of the rib areundercut and asthe groove is projects into a groove formed in the sash. made of a widthat least equal to the thickness As at present constructed the groove ismade of the bead, the swelling of the Wood of the 6o 15 of such a Widthrelative to the thickness of the sash will not produce any grippingaction on bead or rib that the side walls of thegroove .the rib, and thesash Will move freely, while will bear against the rib to form a tightjoint. maintaining a good bearing on the bead. In damp `weather the woodof the sash will The weather-strip can be conveniently swell, causingthe'rib to be gripped laterally formed by suitably bending alength ofsheet 65 zo by the Walls of the groove, thereby rendering metalofsuitable Width. f

it difficult to raise and lower the sash. I claim herein as myinvention- The object of the present invention is to so 1. A combinationof a window-sash proconstruct the rib and groove that ample bearvidedwith longitudinal grooves in its edges ing-surfaces to eect a tightjoint 'Willbe and ametal Weather-strip consisting ofa base 7o 25 formedalong the edge of the rib and sides and aribformedintegralwitheachother, porclosely adjacent thereto and the bottom of the tions of therib between its edge and the base groove, while the side walls of thegroove will Ahaving a thickness less than the width ofthe notbearagainst the rib, thereby avoiding any groove, so that the rib will bearonly along its gripping of the ribs by the sash.' edge or sidesadjacentthereto against the bot- 75 3o The invention ishereinafter morefully detom ofthe groove and sides adjacent theretoscribed and claimed..in the sash.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a 2. A metal weather-stripconsisting of a part of this specification, Figure lis a transbaseandarib formed integral with eachother, verse section through a portionof a frame the sides of the rib being undercut, substan- 8 0 3 5 andsash, showingmyimproved Weather-strip tially as set forth.

in position. Fig. 2 is asectional detail view, 3. A met-alweather-'strip consisting of a on an enlarged scale, showing the form ofbase andarib formedintegral with each other, strip shown in Fig. l.Figs. 3, 4, and 5 are said rib being formed with a bead or enlargeviewssimilar to Fig. 2, illustrating modificament along its edge,substantially as set forth. 85

4o tions in the form of the strip. In testimony whereof I have hereuntoset In the practice of my invention the my hand. Weather-strip is formedwith a base 1 'and a i rib 2, projecting at right angles from the baseHUGII. E KENNY 1. This rib is formed with a bead or enlarge- Witnesses:45 ment 3 along its outer edge. As shown in WILLIAM E. `I-IENZE,

Figs. 1 and 2, the rib may be formedwith out- CITAS. II. BREDIN.

